Strike a Pose! Performance Culture and the Constitution of Postmodern Identity
Lecturer: PD Dr. Stefan L. Brandt, Guest Professor Room and time: AR-A 1009, Tuesdays 14-16 Summer term of 2011
Selected Bibliography
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Havranek, Carrie. Women Icons of Popular Music: The Rebels, Rockers and Renegades. Westport: Greenwood Press, 2009. Holley, Val. James Dean: The Biography. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1995. Hopkins, Natalie and Natalie Y. Moore. Deconstruction Tyrone: A New Look at Black Masculunity in the Hip Hop Generation. San Francisco: Cleis Press, 2006. Howell, Anthony. The Analysis of Performance Art: A Guide to its Theory and Practice. Amsterdam: Harwood Academic, 1999. Ingram, Brett, Hanna Musiol and Michael Ryan. Cultural Studies: A Practical Introduction. West Sussex and Malden: Wiley-Blackwell, 2010. Inglis, Ian, ed. Performance and Popular Music: Histor, Place and Time. Aldershot, UK and Burlington: Ashgate, 2006. Jacobowitz, Florence, and Richard Lippe. “Performance and the Still Photograph: Marilyn Monroe.” cineACTION 44 (Summer 1997): 12-19. Jappe, Elisabeth. Performance, Ritual, Prozeß. München: Prestel, 1993. 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Filmography
8 Mile. Dir. Curtis Hanson. Perf. Eminem, Brittany Murphy, Mekhi Phifer, Kim Basinger, Evan Jones. Imagine Entertainment, 2002. Borat: Culturalt Learnings of America Make Benefit Glorius Nation of Kazakhstan. Dir. Sacha Baron Cohen. Perf. Sacha Baron Cohen, Ken Davitan, Luenell. Four By Two, 2006. East of Eden. Dir. Elia Kazan. Perf. James Dean, Julie Harris, Raymond Massey, Burl Ives, Richard Davalos. Warner Bros. Pictures, 1954. Morocco. Dir. Josef von Sternberg. Perf. Marlene Dietrich, Gary Cooper, Adolphe Menjou, Ullrich Haupt. Paramount Pictures, 1931.
Lady Gaga: Born This Way. Dir. Nick Knight. Perf. Lady Gaga. 2011. Telephone. Dir. Jonas Akerlund. Perf. Lady Gaga, Beyoncé. 2010.
Madonna: Express Yourself. Dir. Greg Fienberg. Perf. Madonna.1989. Vogue. Dir. David Fincher, Perf. Madonna.1990.